21:19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. 1 His mother 2 was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.
21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 3 His mother 4 was Hephzibah.
22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 8 His mother 9 was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.
20:5 that the elation of the wicked is brief, 10
the joy of the godless 11 lasts but a moment. 12
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
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4 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
5 tn Heb “and he struck him down in Samaria in the fortress of the house of the king, Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men from the sons of the Gileadites, and they killed him.”
6 tn Heb “that was found.”
7 tn Or “bribe money.”
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9 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
10 tn The expression in the text is “quite near.” This indicates that it is easily attained, and that its end is near.
11 tn For the discussion of חָנֵף (khanef, “godless”) see Job 8:13.
12 tn The phrase is “until a moment,” meaning it is short-lived. But see J. Barr, “Hebrew ’ad, especially at Job 1:18 and Neh 7:3,” JSS 27 (1982): 177-88.